Table 1.

Summary of Search Results

GenBank database No. of bases searched No. of motif hits Fold > random
Random sequence2.0 × 107 83
Saccharomyces cerevisiae(yeast)1.2 × 107 2605.22
Homo sapiens (human)9.52 × 107 10552.67
Mus musculus(mouse)2.13 × 107 3203.62
Rattus norvegicus (rat)1.14 × 107 1032.18
Gallus gallus(chicken)2.37 × 106 575.8
Sus scrofa(pig)1.5 × 106 254.02
Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)1.16 × 107 1673.47
Viruses3.7 × 107 10777.0